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When that infamous engine light illuminates our dashboard, we may cry, "Why can't this car just run like it's supposed to!" Or, we may have the attitude, "That's a bummer, but good thing I know a great mechanic."



When we face unexpected trials in life, we have the option of wallowing in our sadness. Or, we can take the situation to our good and loving Savior.



This week in our series The Life & Lyrics of David, we follow David as he runs for his life from a king that wants to murder him. Most importantly, we follow David as he runs to The King to find hope in a dark season.

When that infamous engine light illuminates our dashboard, we may cry, "Why can't this car just run like it's supposed to!" Or, we may have the attitude, "That's a bummer, but good thing I know a great mechanic."



When we face unexpected trials in life, we have the option of wallowing in our sadness. Or, we can take the situation to our good and loving Savior.



This week in our series The Life & Lyrics of David, we follow David as he runs for his life from a king that wants to murder him. Most importantly, we follow David as he runs to The King to find hope in a dark season.

If someone only read the last chapter of a book and said, "I don't get it," how would you respond? Or if someone watched just the last five minutes of a movie and then told you, "The ending doesn't make sene," what would you say?



You'd probably say, "That's because there's more to the story."



This week, we look at the strange ending of Mark's Gospel that, if we read it on its own, will leave us bewildered and unsatisfied. But, when we understand Mark's ending in the light of the whole story, we realize it's not really an ending at all, but an invitation to a new beginning of life with Jesus.

Reading a novel or watching a TV series is a huge time and emotional commitment. As we experience the ups and downs of the characters, we become more invested in them and more intertwined with them until their story becomes more and more our story. This is why, no matter how good the rest of the story is, we feel so let down by bad ending. We protest, "That can't be how it ends! Those can't be the final words of the story!"



This Easter, we look ahead to the end of our story. We look to eternity. We rejoice in the hope that the resurrection of Jesus means neither sin, nor shame, nor sickness, nor death is the end of the story. They don't get the last word. Jesus does.

In the 1980's and 90's, the TV series Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous took us inside opulent homes marked by a level of luxury most of us couldn't imagine in our wildest dreams. The 2000's exploded with reality shows, many of which centered on the lives of the most successful and beautiful people on the planet. But, by the 2010's, a tidal wave of social media platforms had flooded and changed the social landscape - instead of us tuning in once a week to sneak a peak into the lives of celebrities, celebrities began offering us a picture of what their lives are like every day.



What was meant to be fun and entertaining, and even humanize many of our heroes, came with an unintended consequence: comparing every aspect of our lives to theirs.



This week in our series The Life & Lyrics of David we'll see how comparing our lives to the lives of others is the first step down the dangerous road of envy.

You know those sleepless nights and anxious days you sometimes have? How often are they born out of your fear of failing to come through on an upcoming project or commitments? How many times have you made it to the day that caused your week's-long stress, only to crush it and be commended by those around you?



On the other hand, how many times did the day arrive and it crushed you? You fumbled the presentation, look foolish in front of those you respect, or fear the person you let down will never speak to you again.



But how many times, once a few days, weeks, or months go by, have you realized that wasn't the end of the story? How many times has the person you thought you failed forgiven you and the relationship has somehow been strengthened. How many times has failure closed one door, only to force you to consider another door, which opened up a bigger and better path?



We're stepping away from our Life & Lyrics of David series this week to examine the life of a disciple of Jesus who learned, over and over again, that Jesus doesn't fear our failures as much as we do - because with Jesus, failure is never the end of the story.